Category: Portfolios
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Leaves on Snow | East Wenatchee, WA | 2014 As living sculptures, leaves are strong evidence of beauty in function. They’ve evolved into thousands of shapes and sizes. Their process for converting sunlight into useable energy — photosynthesis — could be considered a miracle. And humans use leaves for
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Grass | Stratford, WA | 2014 “I believe a leaf of grass is no less the journey-work of the stars.” — American poet Walt Whitman
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Halo | Wenatchee Heights, WA | 2014 It’s easy to imagine that certain big trees have souls. Old-growth cedar, spruce, oak, cypress and redwoods have a knowing that comes from decades or centuries of standing witness to the world. We can feel it, a presence that connects to something deep within us. We only need…
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Night Shed | Wenatchee, WA | 2014 Night casts familiar objects in new light. I often see the true shape of a tree, building or mountain only after darkness falls and shadows rise. Likewise, night can
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Space Needle | Seattle, WA | 2014 Ten years ago, my brother and I were visiting Seattle and taking photos along the waterfront when I was attacked by a crazy man. He grabbed me from behind and began choking me, squeezing my neck, pressing his fingers into my eyes. He screamed that I was a…
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Face | Moses Lake, WA | 2014 That’s George, the face I see in the wooden steps leading down to the koi pond in the Japanese garden. Always smiling, George reminds me that
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Sheep | Moses Lake, WA | 2014 “Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak.” — American clothing designer Rachel Zoe
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Fence | Searsport, ME | 2014 We hiked a trail that ran alongside the seashore through thick woods. About two miles from the parking lot, we came upon a freestanding section of picket fence. Nearly new and about 15 feet long, it stood by itself exactly parallel to the trail. It kept nothing in, nothing…
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Reader | Belfast, ME | 2014 “Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.” — American aphorist Mason Cooley (1927-2002)
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